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You Weren't Meant to be Human

You Weren't Meant to be Human

Book · Horror books · 22 mentions · 2 subreddits · discussed in r/horrorlit, r/suggestmeabook

Reddit take

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Pros

  • Books I've read and enjoyed with a similar vibe to what I'm looking for: You Weren't Meant to be Human by Joseph White
  • I love horror books that also make you feel that deep kind of sad, like: • You Weren’t Meant To Be Human by Andrew Joseph White
  • You Weren’t Meant To Be Human - Andrew Joseph White (READ TRIGGER WARNINGS)
  • You Weren’t Meant to Be Human by Andrew Joseph White. Think Alien meets Tender is the Flesh meets Rosemary’s Baby.
  • I've read and enjoyed stuff like You Weren't Meant to Be Human and Our Wives Under the Sea and really liked both.

Cons

  • I mostly read good horror this year and I didn’t hate this one, but “you weren’t meant to be human”. Andrew Joseph white has amazing ideas and dope gore but really is not for me. For context I am a leftist who loves transgender authored...
  • You Weren't Meant to be Human by Andrew Joseph White. Bad vibes permeate the entire story, occasionally punctuated by some truly sickening imagery. I read it as a challenge to myself and definitely came out feeling challenged.
  • YWMTBH is truly disgusting, but not horrifying in a „this is scary“ kinda sense.
  • You Weren’t Meant to be Human is more of a REALLY fucked up drama, but it has a significant trigger warning before the book, and it more than lives up to everything listed. It’s a very PERSONAL horror, written by a trans autistic man. It...
  • There’s a hive in You Weren’t Meant to be Human

Sentiment

16 positive (73%) · 4 mixed (18%) · 2 negative (9%)

Trust + time weighted score: +61% · raw score 64%

What redditors said (10 of 22)

I mostly read good horror this year and I didn’t hate this one, but “you weren’t meant to be human”. Andrew Joseph white has amazing ideas and dope gore but really is not for me. For context I am a leftist who loves transgender authored horror…but He comes off like an annoying little chronically online weenie on tumblr and all of his characters are frustratingly waify delicate little white autistic transmascs.
mixed · u/i****a · r/horrorlit · comment · Dec 30, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
Books I've read and enjoyed with a similar vibe to what I'm looking for: You Weren't Meant to be Human by Joseph White
positive · u/d****r · r/horrorlit · Sep 6, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗
I love horror books that also make you feel that deep kind of sad, like: • You Weren’t Meant To Be Human by Andrew Joseph White
positive · u/i****e · r/horrorlit · Aug 14, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗
You Weren’t Meant To Be Human - Andrew Joseph White (READ TRIGGER WARNINGS)
positive · u/a****_ · r/horrorlit · comment · Aug 13, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗
You Weren't Meant to be Human by Andrew Joseph White. Bad vibes permeate the entire story, occasionally punctuated by some truly sickening imagery. I read it as a challenge to myself and definitely came out feeling challenged.
negative · u/F****r · r/horrorlit · comment · Jun 7, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗
YWMTBH is truly disgusting, but not horrifying in a „this is scary“ kinda sense.
mixed · u/P****5 · r/horrorlit · comment · May 30, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗
You Weren’t Meant to Be Human by Andrew Joseph White. Think Alien meets Tender is the Flesh meets Rosemary’s Baby.
positive · u/t****0 · r/horrorlit · comment · May 30, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗
I've read and enjoyed stuff like You Weren't Meant to Be Human and Our Wives Under the Sea and really liked both.
positive · u/5****s · r/suggestmeabook · May 18, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗
You Weren’t Meant To Be Human. Fucked me up
positive · u/m****f · r/horrorlit · comment · May 3, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗
Parent context: You weren’t meant to be human Reply: This is such a mind melt.
positive · u/7****b · r/horrorlit · comment · May 2, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗

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